• ZTCC (Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre) was set up in Mumbai by the state government in 1999, which promotes brain-dead donor donations and coordinates the distribution of deceased donors between various hospitals.

• So far, there have been 659 brain-dead donors who have benefitted 1884 patients in Mumbai.

• However, a 24-year review of cadaver or deceased organ donations in Mumbai shows that only 10% of those registered (18,226 patients) for a transplant could get an organ.

• Almost 70% of them needed a kidney.

• ZTCC advises people to have a signed donor card.

• It also concluded that cadaveric donations can be increased by having new regulations and the appointment of transplant coordinators.

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